Pentaculum Coordinator History
Pentaculum is an invitation-only, weeklong retreat, providing artists unfettered time & space to work alongside peers on Arrowmont’s 13-acres campus in the heart of the SMoky Mountains.
Program Founders: Nick DeFord and Jason Burnett
Past Coordinators
Aran Galligan · Metals· Winter 2020-2024
Sarah Rachel Brown · Metals · Winter 2015-2019
Jason Burnett · Ceramics · Winter 2015-2017
Jason Burnett · 2D · Winter 2015
Erin Castellan · Fibers · Winter 2015-2020, Spring 2019
Catherine Hart · 2D · Winter 2016
Josh Stover & Jeff Sincich · Sign Painters · Winter 2016
Nick DeFord · Wood · Winter 2017
Joetta Maue · Fibers · Spring 2022-2024
Max Seinfeld · Ceramics · Winter 2023
Brandon Donahue-Shipp · 2D · Winter 2023-2024
Ashton Ludden · 2D · Winter 2017-2020, Spring 2022-2024
Lindsay Rogers · Ceramics · Winter 2018-2022
Mark Errol · Ceramics · Spring 2022-2024
Emily Shaffer · Metals · Spring 2019-2024
Suzi Banks Baum · Writers · Winter 2022-2024
Leah Woods · Wood · Spring 2023-2025
Jason Schneider · Wood · Winter 2022-2024
Rena Wood · Fibers · Winter 2022-2024
Katey Schultz · Writers· Winter 2016-2019, Spring 2019-2023
Kim Winkle · Wood · Winter 2018-2020
Nick Flaherty · Wood · Spring 2019 -2022
Current Coordinators
Lauren Harr · Writers · Spring 2024-2026
Adam Atkinson · Metals · Winter 2025-2027
Lynne Hobaica · Ceramics · Winter 2024-2027
Kyle Lang · Writers · Winter 2025-2027
Mark Tan · Wood · Winter 2025-2027
Jun Lee · 2D · Winter 2025-2027
Grant Benoit · Fibers · Winter 2025-2027
Rachel Radar · Glass · Winter 2025-2027
Kelli Fisher · Curators · Winter 2025-2027
Leigh Garcia · 2D · Spring 2025-2027
Malcolm Mobutu Smith · Ceramics · Spring 2025-2027
DeJeonge Reese · Fibers · Spring 2025-2027
Cat Bates · Metals · Spring 2025-2027
Reagan Furqueron · Wood · Spring 2026-2028
